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Some in Pa. House want liquor privatization funds directed to transportation

A few House Republicans are chiming in with their own ideas about how to spend the money raised if a plan to phase out Pennsylvania’ ...

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Delaware preschoolers get a surprise visit from state and education leaders

U.S. Department of Education Secretary Arne Duncan was in Delaware today to check in on the state’s early childhood education initiativ ...

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N.J. Senate gun bills include plan for instant background check

Democrats in the New Jersey Senate are proposing their own measures to reduce gun violence. One new proposal calls for a photo ID ...

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Java Ink closes unexpectedly; new cooking studio to move in

The owner of Java Ink is allegedly in some hot water. The East Falls coffee shop apparently closed its doors earlier this month wi ...

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39th Police District: Where newspapers are torched in classrooms

This list covers April 5-11, 2013. April 5 2:24 a.m. Robbery: 2200 block of Indiana St. Taken was a Samsun ...

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Pa. lawmakers consider incentives for natural gas vehicles, fueling stations

The Pennsylvania House this week is considering a package of bills to encourage bus systems and businesses to switch their fleets to natu ...

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10 accused of trying to defraud SEPTA by faking injuries in Philly crash

Ten people have been charged with faking injuries during a minor SEPTA bus crash in Philadelphia.  The accused claimed they w ...

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3 dead, more than 100 injured in Boston Marathon explosions [updated]

UPDATED:  Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey says the city is on heightened alert after two bombs at the Boston Maratho ...

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A Raisin in the Sun at The Arden: Great for tweens and teens

As part of the human experience, we all have them. Big, small, scary, unattainable, tangible. Of the past, present and future. Borrowing ...

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Unless revenues improve, Dems say N.J. can’t afford Christie tax-cut plan

Democratic leaders in the New Jersey Legislature have reservations about Gov. Chris Christie’s latest tax cut proposal. Chri ...

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GHS assistant hired as head football coach at former rival MLK High

Germantown High School’s closing also means the end of the annual Thanksgiving football game against the MLK Cougars. But one schoo ...

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Politics & Policy

Sequester hits Delaware Water Gap

Another casualty of the federal sequester. To meet a mandated budget cut of five percent, the National Parks Service will close tw ...

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Former Renfrew Center patients discuss recovery via art therapy

Renfrew Center art therapist, Sondra Rosenberg, said that an annual show of patient artwork from the Roxborough eating disorder treatment ...

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Christie signs bill to prevent N.J. schools from spying with school-issued laptops

Gov. Chris Christ ...

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Germantown Deaf Ministries Fellowship’s annual tea focuses on faith and friendship

On Saturday, a large cross-section of locals sat down for tea at Northwest Philadelphia’s New Covenant Church for an all-ages gathe ...

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